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I like the original lens hood and I don’t have any problem with using it. The only thing is when I travel , I put the hood in my luggage because of the limited space with my carry on. I am worry to loose it, if I loose my luggage and the replacement for the Nikon z 600 tc cost one thounsand dollars. So for me it is cheaper to replace the Zemlin one which cost much less.
For me personally, its larger than necessary. With my 500 PF, I never had to reverse it to fit in the case. Extra time=missed shot. On a windy day, acts as a sail. Those are my two chief reasons I ordered a shorter hood from Karl Zemlin
The first Zemlin hood I got was for my Nikon 500 mm PF. I found the Nikon hood for that lens was at times tricky to get on and off the lens. The Zemlin hood works better on the 500 mm PF for me in my experience and also seems sturdier.
I see on Zemlins site there’s 3 lengths of hoods for the 100-400, I presume the longer one will vignette at 100mm?
I believe that @zemlin (Karl) makes careful calculations to ensure that none of the lens hoods produce a vignette. If the hood length were to produce a vignette on a particular lens at a particular focal length, he would disclose that.
Thank you Karl, I figured that the petal hood was required. Nice to have your confirmation that it’s not. Can you give me an indication of freight to New Zealand?
Shipping a hood to New Zealand is $29.
Thank you, I’ll go to your order site.
Same here
I have the longer Zemlin hood for my Z 100-400. Used it on trips to Alaska and Vancouver Island this month. No issues with vignetting. We had some snow in Alaska and some rain on Vancouver Island. With the longer hood, I had no flakes or drops hit the front of the lens. More protective than the Nikon supplied petal hood. Although longer, it reverses on the lens for transport in my photo backpacks.
Andy- What hood length are you using on the z600 TC?
One thing to thing about is sometimes Karl can get inundated with orders and the turn around time can be a few weeks. I friend recently (about 4-5 weeks ago) had to wait 4 weeks for his his and cap combo. My point is if you're getting the 600 TC for sure and want these when you receive the lens, I'd look to place the order soon so you'll have them once the lens arrives
Thanks. I can be patient.
With the quality of coatings on new lenses I suspect lighting conditions need to be pretty crazy for the hood length to be very significant from an IQ standpoint. Weather conditions may be a bigger factor. If you're a fair-weather photographer, the a shorter hood is likely fine. If you go out in rain, mist, and snow, a longer hood will help keep the elements off your front element.
Karl, are you going to make a cap for the Nikon 600mm f6.3? I bought the hood and cap combo for my Nikon 800mm pf and would like the same for my 600mm f6.3. I see you have hoods for the 600mm f6.3 but no cap is shown.
I don't make caps for the smaller lenses that already come with standard pinch caps. I am contemplating a V2 Zemlin cap and one of the things I'd try to address is fitting the smaller lenses. It's a common request. No promises though .... I just have a few ideas rolling around in my noggin. Nothing actually designed yet, so I don't know that it will work out.
